January 2024 Phishing Losses
Combined total unverified
Not disclosed
Phishing
What happened
On January 26, 2024, Scam Sniffer reported that four victims had lost more than $10 million to phishing over five days. This entry covers that group of losses, not one protocol exploit. The investigator highlighted CREATE2, collateral tokens and ERC-20 permit signatures among the observed patterns.
Technical root cause
Multiple phishing incidents were grouped in the source report. A single contract defect or common initial-access path is not established.
How it happened
- Scam Sniffer grouped four victims' losses over a five-day period.
- Its report highlighted contract-address generation with CREATE2, collateral tokens and ERC-20 permit signatures as recurring elements.
- The short public post does not establish one shared transaction sequence, a single affected protocol or a recovery outcome.
Protocol details
Classification
Other
Protocol Type
Exploit/Phishing
Evidence
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